Kawaihea Road Fire

Hawaii County, Hawaii · Wildfire

Contained Official numbers updated Aug 24, 2026 (about 2 hours ago)
First reported about 4 weeks ago
Metric Now
Size
500 acres
Aug 24, 8:00 PM
−60 acres
was 560 acres · Aug 24, 6:00 PM
Containment
100%
Aug 24, 8:00 PM
+100 percent
was 0% · Jul 30, 5:00 PM
Crew size
5
Aug 24, 8:00 PM
−64
was 69 · Jul 30, 5:00 PM
Money spent
$233,361
Aug 24, 8:00 PM
+$170,149
was $63,212 · Jul 30, 5:00 PM

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Kawaihea Road Fire summary

The Kawaihea Road Fire is a wildfire near Hawaii County, Hawaii. It has burned about 500 acres (about 379 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 4 weeks ago. About 5 people are on it, run by a Type 3 IC.

Size
500 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
July 26, 2026 (first reported about 4 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Monday, August 24th at 8:00 p.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

This Afternoon

90°F · Scattered Rain Showers

Wind 7 mph NE · 34% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Hot Some rain

Tonight

74°F · Scattered Rain Showers

Wind 6 to 16 mph ENE · 29% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain

Tuesday

89°F · Sunny

Wind 9 to 20 mph ENE · 5% chance of rain

Wind: Windy Heat: Warm Dry

Tuesday Night

71°F · Partly Cloudy

Wind 10 mph ENE · 7% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Wednesday

88°F · Sunny

Wind 10 mph ENE · 5% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, August 24th at 8:02 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 5 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 3 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $233,361 has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

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